Corey Rayburn Yung

Corey Rayburn Yung joined the KU Law faculty as a visiting professor in 2011 and accepted a full-time position in 2012. Yung's scholarship has appeared in, among other publications, the Boston College Law Review, George Washington Law Review, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, Iowa Law Review and Northwestern University Law Review. His research has been cited by federal and state courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States in Kennedy v. Louisiana.

Before he began his professorial career, Yung served as an associate for Shearman & Sterling in New York and clerked for the Honorable Michael J. Melloy of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. As part of his work as a lawyer, Yung helped create a training program for the Liberian criminal defense bar, assisted the Office for the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, represented a death row inmate in Florida, and investigated criminal allegations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Courses Taught:

Criminal Law

Criminal Procedure

International Criminal Courts

Sex Crimes

Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2002; B.A., University of Iowa, 1999

Teaching

Admitted

New York, 2003

Career History

Associate, Shearman & Sterling, 2002-2004, 2006-2007; Law Clerk, the Hon. Michael J. Melloy, United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 2004-2006; Assistant Professor, John Marshall Law School, 2007-2009; Associate Professor, John Marshall Law School, 2009-2012; Associate Professor, University of Kansas School of Law, 2012-2014; Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law, 2014-present.